Sugreeva is an Indian Kannada language film shot within 18 hours. The movie is directed by 10 directors. Shivarajkumar acted as the protagonist.

Story

The story of the film revolves around a happily married mechanic hijacking a hospital to save his son who is suffering from heart disease. The film is loosely based on the Hollywood movie John Q

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Guinness Book of World Records

Makers of Sugreeva were on a mission to make it into the Guinness Book Of World Records with the goal of having shot the entire film in a mere 18 hours but failed to do so because the total period includes the time from the beginning of shooting to release of the movie in theatres. The current record for the quickest movie made lies with the 1999 Tamil film Suyamvaram

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Production

The movie Sugreeva started shooting at 6 a.m. on 11 October 2009 and was completed at 11:55 p.m on 11 October 2009.. The crew included:

• 10 directors
• 10 cameraman
• 30 assistant directors
• 40 camera assistants
• 120 light assistants
• 20 art assistants
• 30 set assistants
• 60 production assistants
• 10 makeup men
• 10 costumers

60 artists and 600 junior artists worked day and night for the film. The film had 66 scenes in total. It was shot in eight different sets erected in and near Raj Rajeshwari Hospital at Bengalooru-Mysooru Highway.